BIG CAPACITY FOR MARS TANKERS

Regarding the 747 water bomber (AW&ST July 31, p. 64), there are already two supertankers working in British Columbia. They are Martin Mars bombers and have impressive numbers for quantity of water (7,200 U.S. gal.) and turnaround time (15 min.). Although not on par with 20,000 U.S. gal., the 747...

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